I was not the person who complained about all the mail, it was someone who wrote asking why he was getting all the mail, I told him he was on a mail list. On another topic here is the source of the quote In the first book I checked, "a humorous [?] name for West Virginia said to have been coined by an irate native when it was said he came from Virginia, Replied the man, Not Virginia, but WEST, by God, Virginia from Whistlin' Dixie by Robert Hendrickson Sandy in Fla :-) > In a message dated 9/10/00 9:31:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > mcclung.1@osu.edu writes: > > > I always suspected that he had heard it elsewhere. > > > > Do you have any suggestions where I might find information on such a > subject?